Severe Thunderstorm Watch 240

Issued

Jun 6, 2021, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 862 Severe potential...watch possibleJun 6, 8:49 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 863 Severe thunderstorm watch 240Jun 6, 11:47 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 864 Severe thunderstorm watch 240Jun 7, 1:37 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 070240
SEL0  
SPC WW 070240
TXZ000-070800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 240
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
940 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  The southern Texas Panhandle and South Plains

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 940 PM
  until 300 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are developing rapidly with the collision of
outflow from New Mexico and the retreating dryline, and storms are
expected to persist as line segments or clusters into the overnight
hours while spreading east-southeastward.  Damaging winds and large
hail will be possible with the stronger embedded storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of
Amarillo TX to 60 miles southeast of Lubbock TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

&&

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28025.

...Thompson

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2021

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.